2019 Tour de France Stage 20 Live Coverage
Welcome to our live coverage of Stage 20 of the 2019 Tour de France! Our live profile and commentary are below, followed by a preview of the technical aspects of the route.
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Stage 20 on the Tour de France is explosive material. Merely 59.5 kilometres long, the route runs from Albertville to a summit finish in Val Thorens.
[The final mountain stage of the Tour de France is shortened due to landslides along the route. Instead of taking underneath route, the riders travel on the flat from Albertville to Moutiers to rejoin the original route approximately 36 kilometres from the finish. The Cormet Roselend and the Longefoy are cut out, so the race comes down to the climb to Val Thorens.
Albertville hosted four stage starts – in the Tour de Frances of 1998, 2012, 2016 and 2018. Last year’s stage travelled to La Rosière and was won by Geraint Thomas ahead of Tom Dumoulin and Chris Froome. So the final GC podium in Paris.
A short section in the valley leads to the last climb of the 2019 Tour de France. The road starts to rise in Moûtiers and continues to do so for quite a while. The Val Thorens climb is 33.4 kilometres at 5.5%, although many downhills skew that statistic on the way to Europe’s highest ski resort (2,365 metres). The steepest kilometre slopes at 9.1% and is located five kilometres before the finish.
Val Thoren’s high altitude finish was included only once. In 1994, Colombian Nelson Rodriguez climbed to victory on the hors catégorie slopes.
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